Nearly 60 million people are displaced around the world as a result of conflict and persecution, according to a report released by the refugee agency of the United Nations. It is without a doubt the worst humanitarian crisis in recorded history.

Helplessly adrift at sea in makeshift and rickety boats, the world has watched as thousands (by some records 8,000 or more) of Rohingya people fleeing Myanmar have been abandoned by the captain and crew and left to die.

International humanitarian law is a set of policies that work to limit the effects of armed conflict and exists to protect civilians who are not involved in the conflict or are victims of the conflict. These rules also limit the means and methods of carrying out warfare.